IMPLEMENTATION OF MC&A PERFORMANCE TESTING AT THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE* (U)

This paper describes the implementation of material control and accountability (MC&A) performance testing requirements at the Savannah River Site. Department of Energy (DOE) Order 5633.3A, CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, provides selected MC&A elements requiring performance testing as well as the minimum performance requirements. MC&A Performance Testing Programs must also meet the requirements of DOE Order 5630.16A, SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY ACCEPTANCE AND VALIDATION TESTING PROGRAM. The Savannah River Site has formed a Safeguards and Security Acceptance and Validation Testing (SSAVT) Program Council, chaired by the Savannah River Operations Office SSAVT Program Manager. This Council's charter is to provide site wide development, implementation, and guidance regarding the requirements associated with DOE Order 5630.16A. Membership of the Council includes safeguards and security personnel from the Operations Office, from the site security contractor, Wackenhut Services, Inc. (WSI), and from the site managing and operatingcontractor, Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC). This paper describes how WSRC MC&A is implementing requirements from both 5633.3A and 5630.16A within the MC&A Performance Testing Program, and how the MC&A Program fits into the site wide SSAVT Program. This paper will also describe the collaboration of MC&A testing with security testing and vulnerability analysis testing to eliminate redundancy and enable the applicable requirements to be met in a cost effective manner.